Tuesday, January 26, 2010

LOVE : recycling those stamp blocks!

I've started unmounting my stamps to save some room. The problem is that I can't bare to throw away perfectly good blocks. So, I guess I didn't really save any room, just rearranged a bit. Here are some I did yesterday to set out for Valentines. For my unmounting I'm zapping the stamps in the microwave for about 12 seconds, pealing off the rubber/foam, pealing the sticker, putting the sticker onto the foam, then putting a thin coat of Aleens tack it over and over on the sticker and storing in cd cases. Not perfect, but Aleens at Micheals is about $3 with a coupon and the sheets of cling are about that for one 8x11 sheet (plus shipping). There are a ton of different ways to do this, but this seems to work the best for me. This leaves a sticky block, which you can sand, or just add paper :) I used Storybook and vinyl for the letters.

6 comments:

Beautiful. I had someone send me all of her blocks that she didn't want.Here is the link to the Christmas Ornaments I made using unmounted stamp blocks.http://livelaughscrap-leedle.blogspot.com/2009/11/christmas-ornaments.htmlLori

Oh man I wish I had thought of the Tack it glue when I unmounted all my stamps....And dang it I think I threw away (I know GASP!!!) all the blocks...but that was about 4 years ago! LOL I LOVE your letter blocks they are fantastic! =D

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